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[The Gourmand Next Door] The Price of Fame/Infamy
Support neighborhood news with our Southpoint Summer fundraiser on GoFundMe! Our wine trip in France continues with the infamous Beaujolais (BO-zho-lay). Beaujolais has the unfortunate luck to be stuck between two absolute powerhouses of fine wine, Burgundy and Northern Rhône. Though technically in Burgundy, Beaujolais is an outlier in many respects; soil type, grapes, and vinification…
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[The Gourmand Next Door] A River, The Wind, and An Old New Chateau
Support Southpoint Access News in Our Summer Fundraiser! As our travelogue continues, we make our way toward the Mediterranean coast and the wines of the Rhône valley. There are two distinct regions (North and South, how convenient) of the valley, and two defining characteristics shared by them, the river and the wind. These influences will…
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[The Gourmand Next Door] Alsace: A Place Like No Other
We’ve had some time to digest (insert groan here) what it means to taste wine in isolation and as best expressed as food. Now it’s back on the road for us again, moving to the outskirts of France. About a 4-hour drive from Paris east and south is the départment of Alsace (pronounced “ALL-sauce”). Alsace is…
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